Patents by Inventor Michael Ducker

Michael Ducker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240144201
    Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that enable network transactions between user accounts belonging to different network transaction platforms and unify user account modifications across user accounts on different network transaction platforms. For instance, the disclosed systems can cause two or more network transaction platforms to transmit and/or receive transactional values from one or more intermediary holding accounts upon receiving network transaction requests between user accounts belonging to the two or more network transaction platforms. In addition, the disclosed system can unify user account data on different network transaction platforms by modifying or updating the user account data (e.g., user attributes) by propagating schematized data messages to the one or more other network transaction platforms with instructions to modify or update the user attributes on other user accounts related to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Vorp, Geetha Premraj, Michael Ducker, Priyanka Seth, Praveen Jain, Fletcher Fowler
  • Publication number: 20240145096
    Abstract: Proposed is a system and method for measuring relative risk measurands of living individuals. The relative risk measurands provides a measure for the frequency of occurrences of specific medical events having impacting consequences in specified ranges to the living individual within a defined cohort of living individuals relative to a randomized cohort of living individuals. The system provides automation of the risk assessment and measuring process with a high efficiency and accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas RIX, John SCHOONBEE, Michael DUCKER, Alan MARTIN, Aspasia ANGELAKOPOULOU
  • Patent number: 11966887
    Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that enable network transactions between user accounts belonging to different network transaction platforms and unify user account modifications across user accounts on different network transaction platforms. For instance, the disclosed systems can cause two or more network transaction platforms to transmit and/or receive transactional values from one or more intermediary holding accounts upon receiving network transaction requests between user accounts belonging to the two or more network transaction platforms. In addition, the disclosed system can unify user account data on different network transaction platforms by modifying or updating the user account data (e.g., user attributes) by propagating schematized data messages to the one or more other network transaction platforms with instructions to modify or update the user attributes on other user accounts related to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Vorp, Geetha Premraj, Michael Ducker, Priyanka Seth, Praveen Jain, Fletcher Fowler
  • Patent number: 11900451
    Abstract: A real-time activity recommendation system receives an input from a user device regarding a targeted financial goal, such as a target credit score. Using machine learning models to evaluate patterns of user activity that contribute positively towards the goal, and to evaluate the limitations and opportunities of the user's financial circumstances and profile, the recommendation system makes an assessment in real time to determine user actions that can be taken to improve credit health based on a user's profile and activity data. A user-specific recommendation regarding an activity that should be performed to reach the goal is generated and transmitted to the user. User and third party activity is later monitored as the user's financial status changes over time, and the recommendations are updated accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Alexander King, Michael Ducker, Tilo Sloboda, Zachary Vaughn Smith
  • Patent number: 11829985
    Abstract: A transaction approval system makes an assessment in real time whether to approve a purchase transaction and to select an account of the customer to fund the purchase transaction. The transaction approval system can use a machine learning model to select the appropriate account of the customer to fund a purchase transaction that satisfies one or more preferences or goals established by the customer or the system. The machine learning model can receive, as inputs, information on one or more of the customer's accounts, user preference information, information regarding the transaction and/or information regarding prior transactions by the customer and use the inputs and machine learning model to make a selection of a customer account that satisfies the preferences or goals established by the customer or system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Taylor Lentz, Tilo Sloboda
  • Publication number: 20230306431
    Abstract: A payer initiates a payment transaction of a certain dollar amount through a user interface provided by their bank. The bank generates a hyperlink associated with the payment transaction. By managing a state of the transaction, the hyperlink can be given an expiration time and/or a counter of visits. The hyperlink is sent to a payment recipient in a text message or email, either by the payer or by the bank. Upon following the hyperlink, the recipient can enter their own debit card information to receive the money transfer to their debit account, without the need to set up an account login or account. A notification mechanism, such as a broadcast stream of payments, can be employed to inform different entities (such as those recording property payments or utilities payments) that a payment was made to the payment recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Baishi Wu
  • Patent number: 11699157
    Abstract: A payer initiates a payment transaction of a certain dollar amount through a user interface provided by their bank. The bank generates a hyperlink associated with the payment transaction. By managing a state of the transaction, the hyperlink can be given an expiration time and/or a counter of visits. The hyperlink is sent to a payment recipient in a text message or email, either by the payer or by the bank. Upon following the hyperlink, the recipient can enter their own debit card information to receive the money transfer to their debit account, without the need to set up an account login or account. A notification mechanism, such as a broadcast stream of payments, can be employed to inform different entities (such as those recording property payments or utilities payments) that a payment was made to the payment recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Baishi Wu
  • Patent number: 11539698
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
  • Publication number: 20220116407
    Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, JR.
  • Patent number: 11303623
    Abstract: A system and method including: receiving an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on a client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon
  • Patent number: 11268409
    Abstract: A power plant system can comprise a first gas turbine having a first efficiency to produce a first exhaust flow, a first electrical generator driven by the first gas turbine, a first heat recovery steam generator to receive the first exhaust flow and generate a first steam flow, a second gas turbine having a second efficiency less than the first efficiency to produce a second exhaust flow, a second electrical generator driven by the second gas turbine, and an exhaust gas conditioning device to reduce temperature of the second exhaust flow, a steam turbine driving a steam electrical generator to receive the first steam flow. The second gas turbine can be selectively operated to generate electricity with the second electrical generator under peak loading conditions when a sum of output from the steam electrical generator and the first electrical generator are less than an electrical demand from a grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Cloyd, Jiro Asakuno, Toshihiko Toyota, Masaru Takamatsu, Michael Ducker, David Hunt
  • Patent number: 11218505
    Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210258309
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, JR., Michael Ducker
  • Patent number: 11025624
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
  • Patent number: 11005883
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for recommending content of a predefined category to an account holder, detecting spam applications, or account holders based on the account holder application graphs. The system receives information corresponding to applications executing on the client device of the account holders and generates an application graph for each account holder that includes a list of predefined application categories that are preferred by the account holder. For each predefined category, a list of account holders preferring content relevant to that category is predicted based on the set of generated application graphs. Some application graphs may be detected as spam application graphs by comparing the generated application graphs with a set of predefined spam application graphs. Alternatively, if the generated application graph does not match the predefined spam application graphs, they are compared to a set of application graphs from a database to find similar application graphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Rao, Argyrios Zymnis, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Sean Cook
  • Publication number: 20200304483
    Abstract: A system and method including: receiving an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on a client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared with the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, JR., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon
  • Publication number: 20200274885
    Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200263569
    Abstract: A power plant system can comprise a first gas turbine having a first efficiency to produce a first exhaust flow, a first electrical generator driven by the first gas turbine, a first heat recovery steam generator to receive the first exhaust flow and generate a first steam flow, a second gas turbine having a second efficiency less than the first efficiency to produce a second exhaust flow, a second electrical generator driven by the second gas turbine, and an exhaust gas conditioning device to reduce temperature of the second exhaust flow, a steam turbine driving a steam electrical generator to receive the first steam flow. The second gas turbine can be selectively operated to generate electricity with the second electrical generator under peak loading conditions when a sum of output from the steam electrical generator and the first electrical generator are less than an electrical demand from a grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Cloyd, Jiro Asakuno, Toshihiko Toyota, Masaru Takamatsu, Michael Ducker, David Hunt
  • Publication number: 20200153829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
  • Patent number: 10581824
    Abstract: A system and method including: receiving, from a client device, an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on the client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon